what photograph would you say is iconic?

Question

what i mean(without being condesending) is a photograph that you saw, which summed up an event in history, either public or private, one that you remember well, or a photograph that stirs up emotion when seen!
if you have a link to this photograph, please include it or emal me it, best one gets 10 points!
thank you

Answer 1

The execution of a (supposed) Viet Kong prisoner by the South Vietnamese army and that of the naked young girl fleeing from an attack in Vietnam.

Answer 2

Hands down the Valentine's Kiss in Times square that is known around the world as a symbol of the end of World War II:

For millions of Americans, Alfred Eisenstaedt's 1945 LIFE photograph of a sailor stamping a masterly kiss on a nurse symbolized the cathartic joy of V-J Day. After a celebrated five-decade career, Eisie now 81, (actually 96 in 1995) calls V-J Day, Times Square his most memorable photograph. "People tell me, 'Oh, you have taken pictures of Loren and Monroe!' But this is what they know me for." His most famous couple has long been nameless, but when the nurse recently wrote to him, a delighted Eisie visited her and took the pictures that follow.

Answer 3

Well, it is generally deemed to have been posed these days, but I have always liked that one of the sailor kissing the young woman on Fifth Avenue at the declaration of VE (Victory in Europe) at the end of WWII. Sort of summed up the "Whoopie, I lived through it!" feelings that must have obtained.
Another would be the picture of the naked Vietnamese girl running in terror from her Napalmed village during the Vietnam War ... Sort of summed up the impersonal and horrifying aspects of that war. Ideological war's impact on the innocent population.
And that shot (actually a vid-cap) of Lee Harvey Oswald's clench around the belly-shot after Jack Ruby shot him ... his surprise and agony mirrored what he had inflicted on the nation with his assassination of Kennedy.
I realize I am dating myself pretty badly, here, but those are the "Most Iconic" pictures of the thousands upon thousands I have experienced over the years.

Answer 4

The iconic pic of Nelson Mandela being released from prison. It signified the end of era. When my family no longer had to fight for simple freedoms and respect. I was young at the time but old enough to realise that this man had fought and suffered a great deal so that I could now have the world at my feet.

Answer 5

The execution of the supposed vietcong prisoner. But then again this had be cropped so many times, if you knew or could see the full image as it had been taken by the photographer it would have a completely different meaning or interpretation for you!

Answer 6

I think the image of The Beatles arrival in America in 1964 is pretty enduring. There has never been anything quite as big as Beatlemania since and marked the beginning of an unforgettable era. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania

That said, one of the most memorable I think is the famous 'Lunch Atop A Skyscraper' with the 11 construction workers sitting on the steel girder eating lunch, back in 1932. Don't know what health & safety would say about that nowadays... http://www.ecm.ub.es/~jgrande/

Answer 7

There are just too many.

Check out the book 'CENTURY (i)' ...I weep and laugh every time I look through it. It's very, very provocative, an emotional journey through the last century. Each photograph stirs up emotion!

GO GET IT NOW!

;-)

Answer 8

The Unknown Rebel - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Talk about someone showing just unbelieveable courage. To read the full story - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

Answer 9

Kevin Carter's Time magazine cover shot of the starving African child and the vulture. It won a Pulitzer Prize and he committed suicide over it, so you can't get more iconic than that!

Answer 10

Sarah Payne's photograph. She had her little life mercilessly taken away.